Awesome. I liked the visual dictionary. It was so easry to find an animal using this. Everything is in French or English. The public would appreciate this dictionary.
The Spanish language encyclopedia will be very useful for spanish speaking patrons. We have many that don't speak much english at all. This could be very useful for students or adults.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Monday, March 8, 2010
Lesson 1a
Using World Book Advanced, I searched for Afghanistan. I liked the way the articles contents were put in outline form. Easy for patrons to find what they're looking for. Also, on the right side, I thought the related information was interesting too. I believe the patrons will find lots of valuable information using World Book Advanced.
4. Using World Book Discover, it is very useful to have the read-aloud toolbar. And to the left, you can change it to another language. Very helpful.
4. Using World Book Discover, it is very useful to have the read-aloud toolbar. And to the left, you can change it to another language. Very helpful.
Lesson 1: World Book School Edition
The World Book Kids is as basic as you can get. I love that it will read the article to the child. And the hands on activities are terrific.
The difference is obvious between the kids and student editions. There is much more information given to the student.
The difference is obvious between the kids and student editions. There is much more information given to the student.
South Dakota Library Challenge
I found my old blog! Hope I can use this one again instead of the new one. Time to start working on my lessons.
Friday, December 19, 2008
2008
Merry Christmas,
Hope this Holiday Season finds you in good cheer. It’s always interesting to look back over the year and realize all that has happened. I (that would be husband, Dave) got the assignment to write the Christmas letter this year so I’m pretty sure my perspective and Karen’s on the past year are probably quite different..so you get my perspective. That is until Karen reads it, then it will be ours, and the edit will begin.
Karen continues to work at the Brookings Public Library and I still work for the State Dept. of Labor. We still live in Brookings with companion, Cain. Adam lives in Brookings and works for First Bank & Trust. He works with several banks regarding deposits and processing them. He started in March and it’s by far the best job he has ever had so he is pretty pleased with that. Alissa got promoted at First Bank & Trust to the Mortgage Dept. and she seems to enjoy that too. She lives in Volga with Scott and their dog, Jinx. Scott manages a fish hatchery in Bruce, SD. Sara now works for Daktronics as a Software Specialist. She likes her job too and lives just outside of Brookings with Frank and their dog, Penny. Frank is attending SDSU and works part time at Casey’s.
So, that’s the basics. Alissa bought a mobile home in March in Volga. So, we moved her out of her apartment and moved her over there after painting, etc. Karen spent quite a bit of time helping to get the trailer ready but my effort was pretty minimal...just some painting, cleaning rugs etc. Sara bought a mobile home in June. That was a different story as more extensive work needed to be done on the home. Again, we spent quite a bit of time getting it ready. Then in early October, Adam buys a mobile home that, to most sane people, the best approach to the home would be to buy a gallon of gas and some matches. For eight weeks, at most every opportunity, we worked on it. Now, I’m talking ripping down ceilings, sheetrocking and finishing the ceilings in all the rooms except the two bedrooms and hallway, putting in a new stool and tiling in the bathroom, along with lots of minor electrical and plumbing repairs. The entryway had to be gutted and a new roof put on. Then painting kitchen cupboards along with winterizing the place. It still needs some work but now most sane people agree....it’s a pretty nice place.
We put our house on the market in August as we made an offer on a modular home that sits on a half acre south of Brookings. We went through the process of getting our house all ready for sale including shingling the rest of our home. Our house never got an offer so the time expired on our offer and we got away from it. Didn’t know when we went into this(we made the offer in July) that the market was about to get all kinds of bad. The Realtor thought it would be a good idea to drop our price to sell it. I didn’t. So when we got the opportunity to bail....it was heels and elbows. I do feel a little bad because Karen really liked the other place..and I thought it was pretty nice too. But I figured if the value of my home dropped, the home I made an offer on did too Getting out of the whole thing was a relief to me. Plus, I really do like the home I live in.
The past year was fast-paced and brought alot of great changes for our family. As always, with the new adventures, we ended up learning quite a bit and felt really good about the accomplishments.
It will be interesting to see what 2009 brings.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Love, Dave & Karen
Merry Christmas,
Hope this Holiday Season finds you in good cheer. It’s always interesting to look back over the year and realize all that has happened. I (that would be husband, Dave) got the assignment to write the Christmas letter this year so I’m pretty sure my perspective and Karen’s on the past year are probably quite different..so you get my perspective. That is until Karen reads it, then it will be ours, and the edit will begin.
Karen continues to work at the Brookings Public Library and I still work for the State Dept. of Labor. We still live in Brookings with companion, Cain. Adam lives in Brookings and works for First Bank & Trust. He works with several banks regarding deposits and processing them. He started in March and it’s by far the best job he has ever had so he is pretty pleased with that. Alissa got promoted at First Bank & Trust to the Mortgage Dept. and she seems to enjoy that too. She lives in Volga with Scott and their dog, Jinx. Scott manages a fish hatchery in Bruce, SD. Sara now works for Daktronics as a Software Specialist. She likes her job too and lives just outside of Brookings with Frank and their dog, Penny. Frank is attending SDSU and works part time at Casey’s.
So, that’s the basics. Alissa bought a mobile home in March in Volga. So, we moved her out of her apartment and moved her over there after painting, etc. Karen spent quite a bit of time helping to get the trailer ready but my effort was pretty minimal...just some painting, cleaning rugs etc. Sara bought a mobile home in June. That was a different story as more extensive work needed to be done on the home. Again, we spent quite a bit of time getting it ready. Then in early October, Adam buys a mobile home that, to most sane people, the best approach to the home would be to buy a gallon of gas and some matches. For eight weeks, at most every opportunity, we worked on it. Now, I’m talking ripping down ceilings, sheetrocking and finishing the ceilings in all the rooms except the two bedrooms and hallway, putting in a new stool and tiling in the bathroom, along with lots of minor electrical and plumbing repairs. The entryway had to be gutted and a new roof put on. Then painting kitchen cupboards along with winterizing the place. It still needs some work but now most sane people agree....it’s a pretty nice place.
We put our house on the market in August as we made an offer on a modular home that sits on a half acre south of Brookings. We went through the process of getting our house all ready for sale including shingling the rest of our home. Our house never got an offer so the time expired on our offer and we got away from it. Didn’t know when we went into this(we made the offer in July) that the market was about to get all kinds of bad. The Realtor thought it would be a good idea to drop our price to sell it. I didn’t. So when we got the opportunity to bail....it was heels and elbows. I do feel a little bad because Karen really liked the other place..and I thought it was pretty nice too. But I figured if the value of my home dropped, the home I made an offer on did too Getting out of the whole thing was a relief to me. Plus, I really do like the home I live in.
The past year was fast-paced and brought alot of great changes for our family. As always, with the new adventures, we ended up learning quite a bit and felt really good about the accomplishments.
It will be interesting to see what 2009 brings.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
Love, Dave & Karen
Monday, December 15, 2008
Lesson 10: Wrap up
Libraries are the path to the future. If anyone needs help setting up any of these wonderful tools and using them, I will be there to help. I love keeping up with technology. So many of these sites will be useful in many ways, both at work and play. I promise to maintain my blog and post something I have learned at least once a week. I will practice with the other tools we've learned. Thanks for the training opportunities you've given us with this challenge.
Lesson 9: wikis
This could have the potential to become very useful in a community. The library has been developing objectives and goals for the future. Imagine the interesting ideas we could gather from the community. Rather then hearing from just staff and board members, we could also hear from patrons. This could be a great asset to librarians.
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